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Sequencing of the GRIK1 gene in patients with juvenile absence epilepsy does not reveal mutations affecting receptor structure.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Apr 2002
Izzi Claudia, Barbon Alessandro, Kretz Rebekka, Sander Thomas, Barlati Sergio
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary factors play a major role in the etiology of juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) that is a common subtype of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). Sander et al. [1997: Am J Med Genet 74:416-421] reported an allelic association of JAE with the nine-copy allele of a tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism in the third intron of the kainate-selective GluR5 receptor gene (GRIK1) and supportive evidence for...
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